Once upon a time, there were two courts on this planet: the court of law and the court of equity. As the years went by, the line between the two blurred. For good or evil, the court of equity which embraces flexible discretion, gradually evolved into the court of law (here we mean common law),…
How To Analyze the Landmark High Court Case on the Right of Self-determination
This is a case study about the right of self-determination AB v Western AustraliaAH v Western Australia[2011] HCA 426 October 2011P15/2011 & P16/2011 Background Facts Two females, AB and AH, desired to appear as males. After bilateral mastectomies, they applied for a new certificate from the West Australian Gender Reassignment Board identifying them as males.…